Road Rules

Ways to drink better outside

Even the most dedicated drinkers need to escape the bar and get outside (while still drinking, of course). And of the booze-slinging set, nobody has taught us more about...

You Don't Know Jack

Make an ideal G&T with help from Jack Rudy

We've already been enlightened to the flavor and cocktail potential of quinine at its best, thanks to the handful of craft tonic waters--such as Fever-Tree and Q Tonic--that...

Old Soul

Make your Martinez with barrel-aged gin

It's time to reconsider what we know about gin, starting with the color. Disregard any rules about the spirit being exclusively clear, because distillers around the country are...

Live Fuse

Extreme infusions make for thrilling drinking

Infusions are the cupcakes of the cocktail world: Admittedly, we delighted in them at one point, but the ubiquity of jalapeño-infused tequila and its mediocre sisters has...

Nebb and Flow

A Nebbiolo-based vermouth is the first of its kind

For all of vermouth's importance--both as a heavy lifter in cocktails and as a standalone aperitivo--most of it still comes from abroad. But that's changing. Domestic producers...

Taking Flight

Aviary offers cocktails from a chef's perspective

It's a foregone conclusion that Aviary, the Alinea team's new Chicago cocktail concept, will do drinks a bit differently than your neighborhood watering hole when it opens later...